2026 Week 5 Top Big 12 College Football Storylines Dane Miller analyzes the current state of Big 12 Conference football and some key games heading into the weekend. SuperWest Sports · 8h ago
McLaughlin: Should BYU be on Upset Alert at TCU? Spencer McLaughlin and 'Locked On BYU' host Jake Hatch discuss the potential dangers for BYU at TCU this week. SuperWest Sports · Sep 30
College Football Playoff Eliminator: All Big 12 Teams Still Alive for a Bid After Week 4 Four Power 4 teams were eliminated after a feisty slate of games, while the Group of 6 picture continues to whittle down to the top contenders. Sports Illustrated · Sep 29
North Carolina’s Investigation Is Over. Bill Belichick’s On-Field Problems Aren’t. A day after UNC closed the investigation that led to the ouster of general manager Michael Lombardi and defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the Tar Heels suffered an ugly loss at Clemson. Sports Illustrated · Sep 20
Forde-Yard Dash: The SEC Is Back on Top of College Football’s Power Rankings Texas’s comeback over Ohio State and Mississippi State’s rout of Minnesota helped push the SEC past the Big Ten, which is struggling against Power 4 opponents. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 1 Fourteen teams are already out of contention for the playoff, with a handful taking losses to FCS programs and UMass knocking out Rutgers. Sports Illustrated · Sep 8
Pat Forde: Josh Hoover’s Bloody Debut Was an Oath to Indiana’s Football Standard The TCU transfer might have broken his nose, but it didn’t stop him from delivering a four-touchdown debut that suggests the Hoosiers may have found their next star quarterback. Sports Illustrated · Sep 5
Forde-Yard Dash: No Doubt Who Tops College Football’s Early Conference Power Rankings The Big Ten is No. 1 until proven otherwise, while Week Zero offered clues as to where the rest of the sport stacks up. Plus, four book recommendations and our first coaching fodder. Sports Illustrated · Sep 1
McLaughlin: Week Zero Reactions, Reflections & Analysis Bill Belichick picked up the biggest win of his career with the Tar Heels against TCU, with his team showing signs of growth. SuperWest Sports · Aug 31
Bill Belichick, North Carolina Are Bowl-Game Bound and Three More Overreactions to College Football Week Zero It's time to tap into that most familiar of college football headspaces. Let’s overreact to Week Zero. Sports Illustrated · Aug 30
College Football Week Zero Winners and Losers: Virginia Demands to Be Taken Seriously The Cavaliers stole the show on a busy day in the ACC. Sports Illustrated · Aug 30
Pat Forde: The Bill Belichick College Experiment Isn’t Done Yet North Carolina entered the season with plenty of questions, but a gritty upset of TCU suddenly has the second-year coach’s tenure looking far more promising. Sports Illustrated · Aug 29
Three CFB Loopholes That Explain This Year’s Week Zero Slate, and Why It Won’t Ever Happen Again Here’s a brief explainer on why this year’s Week Zero college football slate will be the last of its kind. Sports Illustrated · Aug 29
College Football Week Zero Takeaways: Early Losses Spell Trouble for Sonny Dykes, Dave Doeren It’s finally Week Zero, and the college football season kicks off in earnest today. Sports Illustrated will keep you updated on all the key action. Sports Illustrated · Aug 29
Sports Illustrated · Aug 28 SI:AM | One Reason to Watch Each Week Zero Game Saturday will be a perfect appetizer before the season kicks off for real next week.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 25 North Carolina vs. TCU Prediction Market: What to Expect in College Football Opener TCU is a massive favorite over North Carolina on Kalshi in Week 0 college football.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 24 Predicting Where ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Will Head for Each Week of 2026 Football Season ESPN’s barnstorming college football show will begin its season in Baton Rouge for Lane Kiffin’s LSU debut. Here are Sports Illustrated’s predictions for where it will travel every week this fall.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 24 College Football 2026 Schedule: Ranking Every Single Week of the Regular Season Not every college football Saturday is built the same. Here are the weeks you absolutely can’t miss, and the others where you can probably make some other plans.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 18 Bill Belichick and North Carolina’s Quarterback Battle Has a Winner His name will be a familiar one to Big Ten fans.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 18 Pat Forde: Forty Observations on the 2026 College Football Schedule Everything you need to know about the quirks of the season from easiest months, a monster slate in November, improvements in consecutive road games and open-date disadvantages and more.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 13 One Number That Sums Up Every Big 12 Team in 2026 Who will emerge from the Power 4’s least predictable league?
Sports Illustrated · Aug 13 Pat Forde: The 25 Most Intriguing College Football Quarterbacks for 2026 A controversial in-conference move, a famous name looking to take a leap and a signal-caller with another year of eligibility top our list.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 13 Ranking the Top 10 Power Forwards in Men’s College Basketball for 2026–27 Season Illinois’s David Mirkovic might be the sport’s most entertaining personality and could make another leap in his sophomore year. Here are the other PFs to watch this season.
SuperWest Sports · Aug 12 McLaughlin: This the Year the Trojans Get Back on Track? Lincoln Riley enters a pressurized season in 2026 in which many fans have Playoff expectations, not just aspirations.
SuperWest Sports · Aug 11 2026 Preseason Big 12 Football Previews and Projections Our Dane Miller gives us his picks for the 2026 Big 12 Conference champion, runner-up, contenders, and the rest of the league's teams.